Chapter 80: I Will Not Fail You For The Time You Have Waited
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2023 Ver.
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Gu Xizhi took a deep breath and tried to reason with her, "Aunt Yin, I admit that I have many mistakes, but I don't think you should try to test my relationship with her with these things. Everyone expresses love in different ways, I don't expect you to understand my feelings, I just hope you can let me see Qu Xizhi again for the sake of her illness. After all, I'm the one most likely to open her heart."
This statement seemed to touch Yin Jun's heart. She sighed deeply and suddenly said, "Now Shen Ya is engaged to her, and your matters are for you to resolve."
Gu Xizhi felt a bit disheartened, "I know the engagement is not a joke, and I understand that your decision won't change easily, but if..."
Yin Jun interrupted her, "Your matters are for you to resolve, Xiao Gu, understand?"
Gu Xizhi stared blankly at Yin Jun, seeing that she didn't look scary and seemed to have suddenly thought of something. She quickly stood up and bowed to her, "Aunt Yin, thank you."
Yin Jun just shook her head helplessly.
A sports car pulled out of Qu's residence and gradually drove into the congested city streets. Gu Xizhi, sitting in the driver's seat, dialed a number from her phone's contact list after flipping through it for a long time, "Check Qu Xizhi's hospital, hurry."
The city night sky had no stars or moon, and the dry cold wind left everyone returning in a state of disarray.
On the thirteenth floor of the hospital, Gu Xizhi, wearing a black cashmere coat and a mask, knocked on the door of the nurse's station, "Excuse me, can you unlock the outer door of the first room on the left?"
"I'm sorry, miss," the young nurse quickly said, "There's only one patient in that ward, and she needs rest. Her family has instructed not to let her see anyone."
"But I can hear a man's voice."
"Are you talking about her fiancé?" The nurse smiled, "That's different."
At that moment, the phone rang, and Gu Xizhi watched as the nurse answered it, took the access card, and left the room. She then retreated to the corridor.
It was nine o'clock in the evening, and the entire nursing floor was particularly quiet. Occasionally, someone passed by, and their footsteps were very light.
Five minutes later, a nurse hurriedly opened the door of the station, made a phone call, and then hurriedly left. Gu Xizhi stood in the corridor, watching her come and go, and after a while, her gaze gradually fell on the door that hadn't been locked by the nurse.
After glancing back and forth in the corridor, Gu Xizhi, without hesitation, entered the nurse's station, found the door control system, and unlocked all the doors. She then walked out of the station and headed to Qu Xizhi's ward area. As expected, this time, the electronic door opened when she pulled it.
As Gu Xizhi approached the ward, Shen Ya's voice became clearer. She stood outside the door for a moment, unsure whether she should turn the doorknob.
Inside the room, Shen Ya sat on Qu Xizhi's hospital bed, holding a book in one hand. His melodious voice narrated a story, sounding like a radio announcer greeting the city every morning.
"The little white rabbit said, 'My ears have gone deaf, so I won't be able to hear you all say bad things about the big bad wolf anymore. But the big bad wolf will write his love for me to read. In the future, I will only know the good things about the big bad wolf and not the bad.'"
"Mother rabbit hurriedly said, 'Child, don't do it. The big bad wolf is deceiving you!'"
"After saying this, the little white rabbit had already cut off its own ears."
The door opened with a clatter, and Shen Ya's voice stopped immediately. Gu Xizhi looked at Shen Ya, who was looking at her, and then at the person on the hospital bed, feeling momentarily stunned.
Qu Xizhi, with her eyes covered by a blindfold, lay half-reclined on the bed, and even when someone entered the room, she remained silent and made no other movements.
Shen Ya put down the book, "It's the nurse here to register room information. We can continue."
Qu Xizhi remained silent.
The peculiar scene kept Gu Xizhi standing at the door for a while. Shen Ya picked up the book and continued reading.
"The little white rabbit, when cutting off its ears, the mother rabbit..."
The sound of the door being knocked interrupted him. Shen Ya turned to look at Gu Xizhi, who gestured toward herself and then at Qu Xizhi, "I'll step out for a moment, and I'll be right back."
Qu Xizhi still didn't say anything.
Shen Ya turned and walked toward the door, and as she closed it, she gestured to Gu Xizhi to stay away.
When they reached the window, Gu Xizhi spoke first, "Mr. Shen Ya, I'd like to have a private conversation with Qu Xizhi. Could you please step aside?"
Shen Ya was polite, but his answer wasn't favorable, "It's not that I'm trying to make things difficult for you, but she's my fiancée, and since you're the one who brought her to this state, I don't feel comfortable with you being near her."
Gu Xizhi suppressed the urge to roll her eyes and said, "Whether you agree or not, I'm not leaving today."
Shen Ya looked at her for a moment and contemplated, "Actually, your staying here won't make a difference. From the moment she woke up until now, she hasn't spoken to anyone, and now she's infected with acute contagious conjunctivitis. Only the doctor can see her, and no one can tell what she's thinking from her eyes. You can talk all you want, but it's like playing piano to a cow."
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Gu Xizhi seemed completely undeterred and said, "In any case, I want to have a few words with her. Mr. Shen Ya, I think none of us want to see her unhappy."
Shen Ya remained silent for a moment, then nodded gently, "I'll come back to see her in ten minutes, but this is the only time."
Gu Xizhi even forgot to thank him, and without saying a word, she walked to the ward.
When she opened the door of the ward, Qu Xizhi was still half lying on the bed, uncertain if she was awake, Gu Xizhi closed the door and came to her bedside. At first, she had a lot to say, but when the words came to her lips, she changed her mind because of her dead silence.
Her hands rested outside the quilt and her long, manicured nails, probably prepared for the engagement ceremony, were strikingly red against the white sheet.
Gu Xizhi looked at her hand for a while, then slowly held it, attempting to tuck it under the quilt. However, this action only progressed to the first step before Qu Xizhi withdrew her hand, lowering the bed and covering the quilt over herself. Gu Xizhi stared at her lying under the covers for a while, then finally asked, "You know it's me?"
Naturally, there was no response. Qu Xizhi lay flat on the bed, facing the ceiling, and her covered eyes made it impossible to discern her emotions.
Gu Xizhi looked at her for a while, not willing to be treated indifferently. She reached for her hand again, but this time, she held it very tightly. "Are you determined not to have me? Otherwise, Shen Ya wouldn't trust me to come in, right?"
Still, there was no response, and the hand she held this time didn't even bother to struggle.
Gu Xizhi said in frustration, "I've been really worried about you these past few days. Your mother has hidden you away, not allowing me to see you. It took a lot of effort for me to get here. Can you at least say something to me?"
The silence was like stagnant water, suffocating as it spread.
Gu Xizhi waited for a long time without seeing any movement from her, then nodded slightly, "In this case, I'll wait here until you are willing to speak. "
Time passed by, and the agreed-upon ten minutes quickly came to an end. When Shen Ya pushed the door open, he saw Gu Xizhi sitting by the bedside, holding Qu Xizhi's hand. He was slightly taken aback but soon knocked on the door, saying, "It's getting late, and she needs to rest now."
Gu Xizhi's face was expressionless, "I won't leave."
As if she didn't hear anything.
Shen Ya said again, "If you insist on this, please excuse my rudeness."
Ten minutes later, two men in black suits appeared in the ward, Shen Ya brought the two of them to the bed and said in a slightly warning tone, "Miss Gu, let me tell you for the last time that the person lying in front of you is already my fiancée, she needs to rest now, please leave immediately."
Gu Xizhi didn't even raise her head, she just silently tightened her hold on Qu Xizhi's hand, her thin lips pursed slightly, looking a little solemn.
Shen Ya glanced at the two men in suits, one of them took a couple of steps forward in Gu Xizhi's direction, full of oppression.
Gu Xizhi glanced at the man in the suit, then looked up at Shen Ya again.
Shen Ya remained expressionless, somewhat unmoved.
Instead, Gu Xizhi smiled and said, "If you dare to use these methods on me, then I thank you for voluntarily withdrawing. You don't understand her at all."
Shen Ya looked at Qu Xizhi, seeing that she still didn't move, he gave the two men in suits a look to signal them to retreat.
After the man in the suit walked away, Shen Ya came to Qu Xizhi's bed, Looking at Gu Xizhi said, "You overthink, no matter how much she dislikes me, I'd still be better than you. You're the one who doesn't understand her, she's long been hopeless about you."
Gu Xizhi turned her head and didn't look at him, "I'm not leaving here anyway."
"Then let yourself understand that this is useless."
He faced Qu Xizhi and said "I'm going back first, I'll see you again tomorrow morning, take a good rest and if you have any problems, call someone anytime. They're right outside the door."
Without any suspense, no sound was made in response.
The light brightened for a moment, then quickly dimmed. After the door closed, Gu Xizhi held Qu Xizhi's hand more tightly, with her voice timid yet firm, "I heard and understood everything you said that day, I have something to say, but it is not the right time, I will not fail you for the time you have waited for. I am also willing to endure the suffering you have suffered."
No one replied, in the hospital room, one heart was like the clear autumn sky over the sea, and the other heart was like rusted iron.
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Gu Xizhi spent the whole night in the cold. When the door opened at dawn, it woke her up from her position by the bed. She raised her head and Shen Ya appeared at the door. Gu Xizhi squeezed Qu Xizhi's hand and tightened it involuntarily.
"The nurse will come over later, don't hinder their work. Moreover, you should know by now that doing this all night is useless. When she gets better, we'll go to Italy, and you shouldn't look for her anymore."
Gu Xizhi listened to what he said, then her eyes slowly fell towards Qu Xizhi.
She didn't stop trying to communicate with her last night, but she was completely unresponsive from beginning to end. Later she also felt frustrated, that’s why she let herself be invaded by trapped thoughts, but now when she heard Shen Ya say this, she became unwilling again.
"It's not up to you to decide whether I'd look for her or not. You are just engaged, it's strange how you act like you can be in charge of everything for her, besides, if you won't interfere with the nurse's work here, of course, I won't either. "
Shen Ya nodded lightly, "I want to see how long you can hold on."
Just as he finished speaking, Gu Xizhi's phone vibrated in her pocket. She looked down, thought for a moment, and then freed one hand to answer the call. "Hello?"
The person on the other end jumped anxiously, "Xiao Jing, what are you doing? You're refusing a multi-million contract. Do you want to pay compensation to the company until your next life? Also, do you even know how much work you have? Where are you?"
Gu Xizhi looked at her watch, "I'll go tomorrow, I'm busy now."
"This is life and death!" Lili said immediately, "Boss Tian and the investors are waiting for you in the office, if you don't show up within an hour, I'll be the first to be fired, Xiao Jing, please know what's important, it doesn't matter to me, what matters is can you play this battle evenly?"
Gu Xizhi remained silent for a moment and said, "Wait for me, I'll be there shortly."
After hanging up the phone, she raised her head, glanced at Shen Ya, and then stood up. Then she whispered into Qu Xizhi's ear, "I'll be back to see you very soon. This is the last time. You must wait for me."
Qu Xizhi remained completely silent throughout.
In life, many matters are beyond one's control. The entire day, Gu Xizhi was moved around like a puppet. When work ended at nine o'clock in the evening, Gu Xizhi rushed back to the hospital on the thirteenth floor. While she had anticipated that entering Qu Xizhi's room again would be difficult, she never expected that there would be no need to enter at all.
"I'm sorry, miss. The patient in that room left this morning, and I don't know where they went."
As the nurse spoke with an apologetic expression and finished her sentence, Gu Xizhi stared in shock, her mouth open, and for a long while, she couldn't say a single word.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the city streets were desolate. Gu Xizhi parked her car on the roadside, sat in the driver's seat, held her phone, and waited in silence. After a while, a call finally came through, and Gu Xizhi answered it immediately, but the outcome was unsatisfactory again.
After listening to the other person finish speaking, Gu Xizhi let out a slight sigh and said, "Continue searching, give it your best, no matter how long it takes."
The person on the phone probably gave her a positive answer, and Gu Xizhi then threw the phone aside.
At the end of the year, Gu Xizhi continued to work in a restless and busy atmosphere. Whenever she had free time, she would drive to the outskirts of the Qu mansion to wait, even though she had no hope of seeing the person she was waiting for and never expected to enter that villa.
The arrival of the Lunar New Year in early February filled the city with joy. "Black and White Feathers" was released on New Year's Day according to its original schedule. The days that were supposed to be for rest and family reunions became twice as busy for Gu Xizhi due to work arrangements and movie promotions. On the morning of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, just as Gu Xizhi had lain down to rest at 4 a.m., a hurried but hopeful ringtone shattered her drowsiness.
